Justin's Scuba Time

Our 12 year-old daughter took her PADI confined water dives at Justin's Scuba Time, with Derek as her teacher. He was patient, knowledgeable, encouraging, and made it a fun experience for her. Derek was easy to work with from the parent point-of-view, too. I got answers to all my questions, quick responses to emails, and was able to schedule classes with ease.

While my daughter was in the pool, I enjoyed a great conversation with another employee, Joe, who was an absolute pleasure to speak with and it's easy to see the pride he takes in their family business.

Overall, we had a great experience and when our son is old enough to dive, we will return to get him certified using Justin's Scuba Time.

I can't say enough good things about Derek and his amazing customer service. I was looking to surprise my husband with something scuba related for Christmas but as a non-diver I had absolutely no idea what to get him. Luckily, Derek came to the rescue!

Derek is so knowledgeable, was so helpful and made lots of great recommendations including stocking stuffers! He spent more than 30 minutes on the phone with me patiently and thoroughly offering suggestions and educating me about diving gear. Their website is super helpful so I was able to "look at" all of the items before deciding. I live out of the area so Santa Derek had my purchase fed ex'd to me the next day. It arrived well packaged with a few little extra goodies, fast and with a handwritten note thanking me for my business. I look forward to buying my husband more scuba surprises on other occasions from this wonderful shop with the help of secret Santa Derek!

Where to begin from start to end, professional, welcoming, supportive and overall great place to bring your family members and friends to learn how to swim. Great location off the freeway and friendly staff.

I went to Justin's to complete a PADI refresher course. The instructor, Derek, was patient, professional & thorough. If you are unable to Dive frequently, I suggest that you take this course. It's easy to forget important steps.
Everyone who works at Justin's is friendly & helpful. They also have a nice store. I also want to mention that I also appreciated the back up Diver, John. Having two divers in the water shows the attention paid to safety.

My son did his lifeguard certification this weekend and they were great. He reports they were patient and great instructors. Derek was very professional. We will be recommending to our friends to go here.

PSA for parents of 3 y/o and under -

That was my experience. This is not meant to bash the business but just to inform parents who had the similar expectations as me. I learned my lesson though, next time I will be sure to ask the right questions such as what is the objective of the class, etc.

I took my 10 month old to Justin's Scuba Time thinking they were gonna teach him some survival skills you see on fb lol such as flipping over, etc. They did not. It was mostly to get them acclimated to the water aka not be afraid of the water So that was a total waste of $90 for me. I would pay money to learn those skills but that's not something they offer at all to this age group.

And possibly, since that was the only objective of the course (getting acclimated to the water), the class was unorganized - in my opinion. I may be partial to my expectations based on stuff I've seen online. But it was basically free play for the babies. I will mention though that our instructor did go to every baby to give one on one time which was nice.

To be fair, they taught parents the seatbelt method to get into the pool safely with your baby beside you and they dunk your baby underwater to teach them to hold their breath.

Maybe it's my fault for expecting more and maybe this is what ordinary swim classes for babies consist of. But I did expect more. As I mentioned, next time I will be sure to ask specific questions in order to determine if this was the right class for us.

However, they held a class for older kids at the same time as us. And so I was able to witness that they actually teach the kids how to swim! So while I do not recommend it for babies - 3 years old. I do recommend it for 4+ (none of the kids in that class looked 4. They were probably 6-8+) So again, make sure to ask what the class will consist of, and if it meets your expectations.

It's indoor and heated pool + our instructor was nice.

P.S. Don't miss any classes. They are not very accommodating to make up classes. I missed just 1 and I would've had a 5 star experience if they were nicer about it.

I'll update my review in 4 years when my son is old enough to be taught how to swim :)

I don't recommend anyone to go here! They were rude ! They put adults in the pool with toddlers and when I complain that I did not want to swim with 6 children 3 being toddlers they just laughed and said well you already paid and theirs no refund ! So I was charged 370 for mo service Ridiculous

I have been using Justin Scuba time for more than five years I went. I went there today and bought one of these new masks that allow you to swim on a Masterspa swim platform. It worked great and I would recommend it to anybody as well as I recommend the store they help a lot and give you great products

Justin's scuba time was a great place to get my scuba certification! Derek was a detailed and informative instructor who made the entire process seamless. He was able to work around my extremely busy and last minute vacation plans and was eager to accommodate. You can tell they are passionate about what they do here. I can't wait to come back for an advanced class!

I love this place! I have tried several other places for my daughter but there was always something I didn't like (the price, customer service, business hours, etc) but Justin Scuba time is the whole package. It's an easy going welcoming environment. And all the staff is there to help and knowledgeable. The instructors are great. They are nice yet firm when they need to be. And it helped my kids to see the same faces while learning a new skill because they were able to build trust which definitely helped. The entire establishment is a great family and kid friendly vibe. My 9 year old is in the stroke lessons and also does scuba lessons with Derek and she loves it. My son is the type of kid that doesn't like water on his face hates splashing and would cling onto you terrified of the water. He has been taking lessons for about 6 or 7 months now (we also took time off at one point) and he has shown tremendous progress he now holds his breath under water for a few seconds and can swim a short distance to the ledge. I am completely confident in my 9 year olds swimming skills and extremely proud and thankful that my 4 year old is gaining confidence and skills around the pool. We definitely love this place and my kids will continue to take lessons here until they are reach the final level and then I will probably still bring them back every once in a while to refresh their skills.